Tarte aux Fruits
A stunning French fruit tart with a buttery pastry crust, silky pastry cream, and fresh seasonal fruit glazed to perfection. Elegant enough for dinner guests, achievable for any home cook.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 4g
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 count egg yolks
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 count pre-made 9-inch puff pastry shell
- 2 cups fresh mixed berries and fruit
- ⅓ cup apricot jam
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- 1
Pour milk into a medium saucepan.
- 2
Heat milk over medium heat until small bubbles form at the edges.
- 3
Whisk egg yolks with sugar in a bowl until pale, about 1 minute.
- 4
Whisk cornstarch into the egg mixture until no lumps remain.
- 5
Slowly pour hot milk into egg mixture while whisking constantly.
- 6
Pour mixture back into the saucepan through a fine sieve.
- 7
Cook over medium heat, whisking continuously until thickened.
- 8
Remove from heat and whisk in butter and vanilla extract.
- 9
Press plastic wrap directly onto surface and chill for 20 minutes.
- 10
Spread chilled pastry cream evenly into the baked pastry shell.
- 11
Arrange fresh fruit attractively on top of the pastry cream.
- 12
Whisk apricot jam with water in a small saucepan.
- 13
Heat jam mixture over low heat for 1 minute until fluid.
- 14
Brush jam glaze gently over all exposed fruit with a pastry brush.
- 15
Chill tart for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- medium saucepan
- whisk
- mixing bowl
- fine-mesh sieve
- plastic wrap
- 9-inch tart pan or pie dish
- pastry brush
- small saucepan
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